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victims in a rollover crash in texas. custom enforcement agents say the victims were from honduras, mexico, and guatemala. a damaged right-hand tire is being blamed for the accident. >>> this woman and this man tried to get married in their own church. the answer? no. the reason? because they are black. it happened in mississippi. they are angry and they are doing something about t stay with cnn. they will be with me live right here later this evening. >>> well, it's becoming a very long hot summer for a big chunk of the country. the heat is making people miserable. heat advisories blanket parts of oklahoma and arkansas. temperature turs spiking from 105 to 113 degrees are in the forecast through thursday. >>> well, the fight for the white house goes overseas. republican mitt romney is in jerusalem today touring holy sites and plunging headfirst into the middle east conflict. cnn's jim acosta is there. >> mitt romney stuck to his pledge but drew big contrast with mr. obama. the may headline, his call for jerusalem to be t
victims in a rollover crash in texas. custom enforcement agents say the victims were from honduras, mexico, and guatemala. a damaged right-hand tire is being blamed for the accident. >>> this woman and this man tried to get married in their own church. the answer? no. the reason? because they are black. it happened in mississippi. they are angry and they are doing something about t stay with cnn. they will be with me live right here later this evening. >>> well, it's becoming...
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. >>> heavy rain in southeast texas is causing flooding that's trapping people in their homes and cars. downtown houston is getting pretty hammered there. three inches of rain fell in three hours, just today alone. some streets are closed by high water and causing major flooding on the major freeways there. they're under a flash flood warning and they're asking people who don't have to travel to stay put. how long are we talking about with this rain? >> the rain is almost over, the flooding is of the over. just because the rain stops doesn't mean the water is going to stop going up. the rain is uphill somewhere, it has to run down hill. maybe you got only five or ten inches not the 13 or 14 that the cypress creek caused. so that creek has to go somewhere. we will finally see the rainfall get done here, here's today, moving up toward later on today, it finally does slow down. i promise it's going to stop. but here's the problem, fred, here's what's already happened, i'll draw it out for you, here's 25, here's i-10, here's houston, here's houston proper, there's this area on the northwes
. >>> heavy rain in southeast texas is causing flooding that's trapping people in their homes and cars. downtown houston is getting pretty hammered there. three inches of rain fell in three hours, just today alone. some streets are closed by high water and causing major flooding on the major freeways there. they're under a flash flood warning and they're asking people who don't have to travel to stay put. how long are we talking about with this rain? >> the rain is almost over,...
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. >>> a renovation celebration happening in texas. governor rick perry and his family are moving back to the governor's mansion in austin after four years of repairs that cost
. >>> a renovation celebration happening in texas. governor rick perry and his family are moving back to the governor's mansion in austin after four years of repairs that cost
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. >>> a renovation celebration happening in texas. governor rick perry and his family are moving back to the governor's mansion in austin after four years of repairs that cost $25 million. a molotov cocktail in 2008 caused the fire and damage. the mansion had no sprinklers then but it does now along with state-of-the-art fire protection. that's it for me. mr. wolf blitzer in "the situation room" takes it over right now. wolf. >>> don, thanks very much. happening now, israel pointing a finger at iran after today's deadly bombing aboard a bus full of israeli tourists visiting bulgaria. israel's ambassador to the united states joins me live here this hour. >>> also, another bomb takes out four top members of the syrian regime. in my exclusive interview with jordan's king ab doll la, he says we are getting to the level of a full-out civil war. three of the republican party's biggest stars campaigning today in one very, very important state. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin this hour with tensions ratcheting u
. >>> a renovation celebration happening in texas. governor rick perry and his family are moving back to the governor's mansion in austin after four years of repairs that cost $25 million. a molotov cocktail in 2008 caused the fire and damage. the mansion had no sprinklers then but it does now along with state-of-the-art fire protection. that's it for me. mr. wolf blitzer in "the situation room" takes it over right now. wolf. >>> don, thanks very much. happening now,...
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why the focus on texas specifically? >> well, texas, for one thing, is a big state. i actually sat in just yet on that three-judge panel listening to testimony on this. one of the takeaways from yesterday's testimony was about absentee voters. anecdotally it sounds like there's bigger problems with voter fraud involving absentee ballots versus in-person voting. in the texas example, the voter i.d. there, that law is all about in-person voting. so, it wouldn't seem to be getting at the problem if there is one. a lot of people, brooke, say there isn't that big a problem with voter fraud. on the other side of the coin, even if just a few people get through, well, that's certainly offensive to a lot of americans. this question of minority voters, very interesting the kind of reaction there, that the attorney general got from the naacp, eric holder, obviously, has a lot of fans. and his appearance in the lone star state really just a day after this three-judge panel got started in washington's pretty interesting stuff. >> when should we have a ruling, joe? >> well, that's
why the focus on texas specifically? >> well, texas, for one thing, is a big state. i actually sat in just yet on that three-judge panel listening to testimony on this. one of the takeaways from yesterday's testimony was about absentee voters. anecdotally it sounds like there's bigger problems with voter fraud involving absentee ballots versus in-person voting. in the texas example, the voter i.d. there, that law is all about in-person voting. so, it wouldn't seem to be getting at the...
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the latest, texas governor, rick perry. we have a lot more to cover in the next two hours the take a look. >>> striking syria's inner circle. a bomb blast kills top officials including the president's own brother-in-law. as the opposition celebrates, the world waits and wonders. >>> the drought of the century wreaking havoc. >> some of our corn is so hot and dry that it tassled early. >>> the boy scouts of america reconfirm their national message, no gays allowed. one ousted scout leader has a message of her own. make that 300,000 messages. sorry. sore knee. blast of cold feels nice. why don't you use bengay zero degrees? it's the one you store in the freezer. same medicated pain reliever used by physical therapists. that's chilly. [ male announcer ] new bengay zero degrees. freeze and move on. >>> a deadly attack in syria strikes at the very hard of president assad's regime and sends syrians into the streets to celebrate. a device exploded during a crisis meeting of top government officials in damascus today killing four m
the latest, texas governor, rick perry. we have a lot more to cover in the next two hours the take a look. >>> striking syria's inner circle. a bomb blast kills top officials including the president's own brother-in-law. as the opposition celebrates, the world waits and wonders. >>> the drought of the century wreaking havoc. >> some of our corn is so hot and dry that it tassled early. >>> the boy scouts of america reconfirm their national message, no gays...
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austin, texas... we are all here to represent the country we love this is for everyone back home it's go time. across america, we're all committed to team usa. >>> just hours after one of the deadliest days in syria, more violence and more deaths. there was heavy shelling in several places. at least 35 people were killed just today. yesterday more than 200 died. opposition activists say regime forces are firing at people from low-flying helicopters. syrian state-tv claims at least three civilians and a security officer were killed in a suicide truck bombing. we're watching everything unfold. what's happening there, mohammad. >> randi, a lot more disturbing reports out of syria today from opposition activists. a lot of reports of low-flying helicopters firing on residents in and around syria. there's one amateur video we should talk about. this purports to show a helicopter flying over the damascus suburb. it was purportedly taken earlier today. in it the person on the tape is saying that this is a hel
austin, texas... we are all here to represent the country we love this is for everyone back home it's go time. across america, we're all committed to team usa. >>> just hours after one of the deadliest days in syria, more violence and more deaths. there was heavy shelling in several places. at least 35 people were killed just today. yesterday more than 200 died. opposition activists say regime forces are firing at people from low-flying helicopters. syrian state-tv claims at least...
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hood, texas, today a few weeks before the court-martial begins for major nadal hassan. hassan, he is the army psychiatrist who went on a shooting rampage in -- back in 2009. he is accused of killing 13 people, all but one of them fellow soldiers. he also wounded 29 others. now attorneys today discussed the makeup of his military jury which has not yet been convened. hassan's murder trial is set to begin august 20th. >>> florida a&m university now looking for a new president. the school's board of directors going to hold a meeting today on --
hood, texas, today a few weeks before the court-martial begins for major nadal hassan. hassan, he is the army psychiatrist who went on a shooting rampage in -- back in 2009. he is accused of killing 13 people, all but one of them fellow soldiers. he also wounded 29 others. now attorneys today discussed the makeup of his military jury which has not yet been convened. hassan's murder trial is set to begin august 20th. >>> florida a&m university now looking for a new president. the...
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three others, training bases in texas and mississippi also be looked at by a two-star general. cnn's chris lawrence has been watching all of this unfold from the pentagon. chris, how many alleged victims are we talking about right now? >> reporter: well, the military confirms, kyra, that we're talking about 31 women right now, 31 victims, all of them still in the air force, but there was a big question about how many more are out there, and that is part of what the investigation is looking at. are there more victims out there who have not come forward yet and told their story. when we talked to several female service members, they told us, you know, there's no such thing as sort of consensual sex between an instructor and a trainee. they said you're incredibly vulnerable, and the relationship is based on intimidation. it's getting you tough. it's getting you ready for the military and they say, you know, there's just no way for a woman to really consent to sex with her instructor. >> this started what, about a year ago, with one trainer being accused, right, and then we've sort
three others, training bases in texas and mississippi also be looked at by a two-star general. cnn's chris lawrence has been watching all of this unfold from the pentagon. chris, how many alleged victims are we talking about right now? >> reporter: well, the military confirms, kyra, that we're talking about 31 women right now, 31 victims, all of them still in the air force, but there was a big question about how many more are out there, and that is part of what the investigation is...
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last year we talked about the drought in texas and the dirt was moving and it was almost becoming a brick and it is like an adobe brick breaking and water pipes were breaking underground because the dirt was moving. you don't want dirt moving when you have solid water pipes underneath and it was breaking them. it is a tough summer, and i don't see any end to this. >> what about the highways and the nuclear plants -- >> yes. the nuclear plants are now getting to the point where they are cooling water has gotten to 100 degrees which is the cut off. after that t, the epa says you cannot dump any more cooling water in. and the outtakes of the mi mississippi river is the low eest in years and at the eighth lowest point ever. so that the water is so low that the power plants may not be able to drag water out of the mississippi river and cool the power plants and go back in. they have to go to the stack system, the internal system. it is really getting to the point where we are all saying to ourselves, when does this stop in when does it flrain in the cornbelt, and what happens if it do doesn't
last year we talked about the drought in texas and the dirt was moving and it was almost becoming a brick and it is like an adobe brick breaking and water pipes were breaking underground because the dirt was moving. you don't want dirt moving when you have solid water pipes underneath and it was breaking them. it is a tough summer, and i don't see any end to this. >> what about the highways and the nuclear plants -- >> yes. the nuclear plants are now getting to the point where they...
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oonchts truck crash in south texas kills 14 people including two children in total. in total there were 23 people inside this ford f-250 when it crashed. investigators still don't know why the truck left the road and slammed into two trees. the people who stopped to help started screaming because the scene was so horrific. christi that tried to do what she could. >> that was the first thing that came to my mind wads to start counting bodies and check for pulses and see who was not breathing and who was breathing. >> the crash happened in the small town of berclair. it's about two hours east of san antonio. people believe the people killed are illegal immigrants. the 14 killed were in honduras, mexico. the truck seats six at maximum. one trooper said he's never seen that many people crammed into one single vehicle. >>> in this exclusive interview with cnn, the president of israel says iran is in open war with his nation. he points out last week's attack in which a suicide bomber killed five tourists on that bus. he says israel has the evidence to link the blast to ira
oonchts truck crash in south texas kills 14 people including two children in total. in total there were 23 people inside this ford f-250 when it crashed. investigators still don't know why the truck left the road and slammed into two trees. the people who stopped to help started screaming because the scene was so horrific. christi that tried to do what she could. >> that was the first thing that came to my mind wads to start counting bodies and check for pulses and see who was not...
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austin, texas... we are all here to represent the country we love this is for everyone back home it's go time. across america, we're all committed to team usa. >>> now is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question for you this morning -- how far should we go to limit products from china? you heard the uproar over those chinese-made uniforms for u.s. athletes. well, china is fighting back. the chinese news agency says that the u.s. politicians, like harry reid are being hypocritical and irresponsible by wanting to burn the uniforms because, it says, after all, american politicians surely wear and use chinese-made products. quote, the olympic spirit has nothing to do with politics so tagging the uniform with politics exposes narrow nationalism and ignorance and violates the original olympic spirit. end quote. truth is, when it comes to the olympics, though, politics is often the spiler. remember the massacre of israeli athletes in munich? the u.s. and soviets' boycotts.
austin, texas... we are all here to represent the country we love this is for everyone back home it's go time. across america, we're all committed to team usa. >>> now is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question for you this morning -- how far should we go to limit products from china? you heard the uproar over those chinese-made uniforms for u.s. athletes. well, china is fighting back. the chinese news agency says that the u.s. politicians, like...
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hood, texas, today a few weeks before the court-martial begins for major nadal hassan. hassan, he is the army psychiatrist who went on a shooting rampage in -- back in 2009. he is accused of killing 13 people, all but one of them fellow soldiers. he also wounded 29 others. now attorneys today discussed the makeup of his military jury which has not yet been convened. hassan's murder trial is set to begin august 20th. >>> florida a&m university now looking for a new president. the school's board of directors going to hold a meeting today on -- rather monday. president james eamons announced his resignation yesterday. he stepped down more than seven months after a student was beaten to death. robert champion. he was a drum major. he died during an apparent hazing incident on a bus last year. 14 suspects have been charged in the case. >>> about two hours, penn state will respond to a scathing internal report on the school's handling of the sexual abuse allegations against assistant coach jerry sandusky. the panel led by former fbi director and federal judge louie freeh accu
hood, texas, today a few weeks before the court-martial begins for major nadal hassan. hassan, he is the army psychiatrist who went on a shooting rampage in -- back in 2009. he is accused of killing 13 people, all but one of them fellow soldiers. he also wounded 29 others. now attorneys today discussed the makeup of his military jury which has not yet been convened. hassan's murder trial is set to begin august 20th. >>> florida a&m university now looking for a new president. the...
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this after a week of mourning for victims in ohio, illinois, and texas. for matt quinn, a third generation navyman john larimer who died while shielding their girlfriends from gunfire -- >> that he lay down his life for his friends. >> and for jessica ghawi, a budding sportscaster whose family employer family and friends to find something positive. >> if he could have done that with this much hate, imagine what we can do with this much love. >> holmes, a 24-year-old dropout from a neuroscience ph.d. program, had been a patient of a university of colorado psychiatrist. his lawyers are asking that a package be turned over that was sent to denton. karen steinhauer agrees it is protected communication. >> any communications between the defendant and psychiatrist are absolutely protected. we don't know at this point when the last time was that he had any communications with her. we don't know the nature of those communications. and at this point, those communications are protected. >> but psychiatrist eric fisher argues it has its limits. >> when a patient sta
this after a week of mourning for victims in ohio, illinois, and texas. for matt quinn, a third generation navyman john larimer who died while shielding their girlfriends from gunfire -- >> that he lay down his life for his friends. >> and for jessica ghawi, a budding sportscaster whose family employer family and friends to find something positive. >> if he could have done that with this much hate, imagine what we can do with this much love. >> holmes, a 24-year-old...
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. >>> and the water supply in one texas town could be in jeopardy. this crack in the ground mysteriously appeared and it just keeps getting bigger. a local official says the force of the separating ground could break the main water line for the city of fort stockton. >>> this is a raging flood outside of beijing, china. hard to see but in the highlighted area a woman is trapped. villagers risk their own lives and worked together to save her. they had to use a fork lift. they saved that woman and at least one other person. the ground is sach your ated in areas along the outskirts of beijing. forecasters say more rain is on the way. >>> this news just in to cnn. greece has booted one of its athletes from the summer olympic games. the reason, some offensive remarks she made on twitter. what did she tweet? >> reporter: hi, carol. i'm standing very close to the olympic stadium where i'm hearing music and singing and dancing for the opening ceremonies but what is actually grabbing the headlines is this tweet that a champion triple jumper from greece said s
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driven away international businesses that could create jobs here, also many towns across the border from texas, from new mexico and arizona have become ghost towns so that's a very important issue for mexicans. last night in the middle of speech pena nieto said he's not going to make any packets with organized crime. there has been accusations for many, many years that his party, the pri, used to do precisely that, so he was -- he just wanted to make it clear that that's not going to be the case. now, it was a very big day for mexicans. about 49 million people participated in the elections, carol. >> rafael romo reporting live for us this morning. >>> nearly 2 million acres scorched this year by wildfires, so what's behind these destructive fires, and what about the extreme hot weather conditions we're experiencing right now? could it be that climate change is to blame? bill nye the science guy is standing by live. i'll ask him about that just ahead. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's comm
driven away international businesses that could create jobs here, also many towns across the border from texas, from new mexico and arizona have become ghost towns so that's a very important issue for mexicans. last night in the middle of speech pena nieto said he's not going to make any packets with organized crime. there has been accusations for many, many years that his party, the pri, used to do precisely that, so he was -- he just wanted to make it clear that that's not going to be the...